:00:07. > :00:10.58 people are presumed to have died in the fire at Grenfell Tower.
:00:11. > :00:14.Police warn that number is expected to rise.
:00:15. > :00:19.Officers appeal for information from those who were inside the building
:00:20. > :00:22.and say they'll do everything they can to identify the victims.
:00:23. > :00:25.You have the absolute commitment of myself,
:00:26. > :00:30.the Metropolitan Police and other agencies involved that as soon
:00:31. > :00:34.as we can, we will recover those that have died in Grenfell Tower.
:00:35. > :00:40.Relatives and volunteers meet with Theresa May at Downing Street
:00:41. > :00:42.as she admits the Government's response in the hours
:00:43. > :00:45.after the disaster has not been good enough.
:00:46. > :00:49.It was a robust discussion, there was forceful emotion
:00:50. > :00:57.in the room and people were able to say what they wanted to say
:00:58. > :01:00.and we felt that was listened to and listened to carefully.
:01:01. > :01:02.The Queen observes a minute's silence at Trooping The Colour and
:01:03. > :01:18.And, in other news, Bill Cosby walks free from court after a jury
:01:19. > :01:30.is unable to reach a verdict in his sexual assault trial.
:01:31. > :01:36.58 people are now presumed to have died in the fire
:01:37. > :01:42.Police have warned the death toll is likely to rise.
:01:43. > :01:46.The BBC understands the number of dead or missing could be around 70.
:01:47. > :01:49.Today, following a meeting with some of those affected,
:01:50. > :01:51.Theresa May admitted the Government response in the initial aftermath
:01:52. > :02:04.In the Midsummer heat, Grenfell Tower casts a long shadow.
:02:05. > :02:06.A new, dark reality on the London skyline
:02:07. > :02:12.A site which stops you in your tracks.
:02:13. > :02:18.It is hard to know what to say, yeah.
:02:19. > :02:25.We just said that everyone is busy talking
:02:26. > :02:33.Four days on from disaster and with every
:02:34. > :02:53.Sadly, at this time, there are 58 people who, we have
:02:54. > :02:56.been told were in Grenfell Tower on the night that are missing and
:02:57. > :02:59.therefore, sadly, I have to assume that they are dead.
:03:00. > :03:01.The investigations into how this happened will be complex and lengthy
:03:02. > :03:05.but the residents association for Grenfell Tower and the surrounding
:03:06. > :03:09.blocks is already calling for the council
:03:10. > :03:11.and its management agency to be suspended from their
:03:12. > :03:22.Andrea Newton says the community felt ignored long before the
:03:23. > :03:33.These are fundamental questions and we are days after this disaster.
:03:34. > :03:38.Today, the residents brought those frustrations to
:03:39. > :03:43.It was a robust discussion, there was forceful
:03:44. > :03:49.emotion in the room and people were able
:03:50. > :03:53.to say what they wanted to say and we felt that was listened
:03:54. > :04:06.In a statement, the Prime Minister said.
:04:07. > :04:09.An analysis which chimes with the volunteers who have been
:04:10. > :04:12.working flat out to help victims in the absence of effective
:04:13. > :04:23.They have been completely let down and it is the same people
:04:24. > :04:25.that potentially might have caused this matter not
:04:26. > :04:31.It is tragic and if it wasn't for the community here at the
:04:32. > :04:33.volunteers, I would dread to think what would have
:04:34. > :04:36.The Prime Minister says she accepts that there are huge
:04:37. > :04:39.frustrations here and she is promising to send more support into
:04:40. > :04:42.It is the sort of help which is desperately needed, but
:04:43. > :04:46.this community could have used it days ago.
:04:47. > :04:51.Were you reassured by what Theresa May
:04:52. > :05:00.With so much pain and frustration here, there are
:05:01. > :05:03.warnings that government help must work with the community to avoid
:05:04. > :05:07.And high in Grenfell Tower, the operation
:05:08. > :05:16.A reminder of what has been lost and the scale of the task ahead.
:05:17. > :05:19.Jeremy Cooke, BBC News, North Kensington.
:05:20. > :05:20.Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth is in
:05:21. > :05:32.Of course that meeting there with those affected by the fire, I guess
:05:33. > :05:35.in some part to try to soften some of the anger we have seen in the
:05:36. > :05:39.past few days. What's your assessment of the day's events? The
:05:40. > :05:44.statement that Theresa May issued after that meeting was clearly an
:05:45. > :05:47.attempt to countersome of the claims her Government's response has lacked
:05:48. > :05:50.sympathy and understanding. It was a long statement. In which the Prime
:05:51. > :05:54.Minister said she had heard the concerns of residents. Their
:05:55. > :05:57.frustration and their fear their voices hadn't been listened to and
:05:58. > :06:01.questions were going unanswered. She announced a series of measures,
:06:02. > :06:05.money immediate for things like food and clothes, a promise to rehouse
:06:06. > :06:09.people, extra personnel and support on the ground to offer advice. And
:06:10. > :06:14.the response from some in the community is, so far, cautiously
:06:15. > :06:17.optimistic. But Theresa May has been under significant pressure, not just
:06:18. > :06:20.in terms of her handling of what happened at Grenfell Tower, but also
:06:21. > :06:23.because of the result of the election which left her position
:06:24. > :06:29.weakened. This was clearly an attempt to try to put her Government
:06:30. > :06:32.back on the front foot, to show that she understands, that she's offering
:06:33. > :06:36.support and providing action too. This was her trying to cement her
:06:37. > :06:39.authority. The question remains whether it will be enough?
:06:40. > :06:41.Particularly for those in the community which has lost so much.
:06:42. > :06:49.Thank you. Amid that anger that not enough's
:06:50. > :06:51.been done to help those affected by the disaster,
:06:52. > :06:53.some people are still trying to find answers
:06:54. > :06:55.about what happened to relatives, This is a tragedy that has
:06:56. > :07:01.shaken faith, in safety, It has brought a tight
:07:02. > :07:12.community even closer, waiting still for any news
:07:13. > :07:17.of the missing. Dozens from Grenfell Tower are lost,
:07:18. > :07:20.faces from the floors that The anger and demands
:07:21. > :07:24.for accountability are growing. It's always the public
:07:25. > :07:28.that runs to rescue. Where's the authorities?
:07:29. > :07:32.Where are they? Forgotten corners of this area have
:07:33. > :07:35.become shrines to Grenfell, As the days since the tragedy wear
:07:36. > :07:42.on, the hope of friends The only comfort now would be
:07:43. > :07:48.answers as to what happened. Instead, there is the
:07:49. > :07:51.pain of not knowing. Though as time passes,
:07:52. > :07:55.more are presumed dead. Still missing, 57-year-old Hesham
:07:56. > :07:58.Rahman, originally from Egypt. His mother and nephew
:07:59. > :08:03.fear the worst. Hesham called her shortly
:08:04. > :08:05.after 3.00am as the fire The last thing he said
:08:06. > :08:11.to my grandmother was, I had spoken to the police,
:08:12. > :08:15.told them that the smoke was coming into my house and they told me
:08:16. > :08:17.that they were coming, close your door, put some wet
:08:18. > :08:20.towels on the floor. We're coming to get you,
:08:21. > :08:23.it's going to be all right. So, he then said to my grandmother,
:08:24. > :08:26.once I'm out I'll let How are you bearing
:08:27. > :08:29.up at the moment? We all want the same answers,
:08:30. > :08:34.we're all frustrated but we really We all want to achieve the same
:08:35. > :08:42.thing but not with aggression. A mother who watched her son's
:08:43. > :08:56.nearby home turn to horror. One story among so many
:08:57. > :08:59.from the hell of Grenfell Tower. Mark Lowen, BBC News,
:09:00. > :09:07.North Kensington. The Queen observed a minute's
:09:08. > :09:11.silence at the Trooping of the Colour parade today in memory
:09:12. > :09:14.of all those who died in Grenfell Tower and in the recent
:09:15. > :09:16.attacks Manchester and London. Earlier, she issued an unprecedented
:09:17. > :09:19.statement on what is her official birthday in which she said
:09:20. > :09:23.it was difficult to escape the very Our Royal correspondent
:09:24. > :09:29.Nicolas Witchall reports. On a day intended for celebration,
:09:30. > :09:34.the Queen led the nation in sorrow. Before leaving Buckingham Palace
:09:35. > :09:36.for Horse Guards, she stood with the Duke of Edinburgh
:09:37. > :09:41.for a minute's silence. A moment of reflection,
:09:42. > :09:47.joined by the Foot Guards on the parade ground and the Cavalry
:09:48. > :09:50.at the Palace gates in remembrance of those lost at Grenfell Tower
:09:51. > :09:52.and in the terrorist attacks In a statement issued at 6.00am this
:09:53. > :10:05.morning the Queen said. Yesterday she had visited the scene
:10:06. > :10:09.of the fire at Grenfell Tower and met some of those who have lost
:10:10. > :10:12.friends and neighbours. It had clearly made
:10:13. > :10:13.a deep impression. The Foot Guards marched and trooped
:10:14. > :10:45.the Colour of the Irish Guards. And the Royal Family appeared
:10:46. > :10:48.on the Palace balcony where Prince George,
:10:49. > :10:52.as usual, stole the show gazing down at the crowds and as then as the RAF
:10:53. > :10:55.fly-past appeared up at the sky This was a year when the head
:10:56. > :11:03.of state reflected the country's Nicolas Witchall, BBC
:11:04. > :11:07.News, Buckingham Palace. Since the fire, the Government
:11:08. > :11:10.has ordered councils across England to check the safety
:11:11. > :11:13.of their buildings. Many have sought to reassure tenants
:11:14. > :11:15.living in tower blocks. But, as our correspondent
:11:16. > :11:17.Duncan Kennedy reports, it's not just tower blocks that
:11:18. > :11:32.are coming under scrutiny. In all parts of the country, in all
:11:33. > :11:37.kinds of buildings, the Grenfell fire is changing people's lives. How
:11:38. > :11:43.long have you lived here? Nearly 40 years. Like Mo who has lived on the
:11:44. > :11:48.20th floor of her tower block in Southampton since 1977. Without a
:11:49. > :11:52.worry, until this week. The block is due to be cladded. But after
:11:53. > :11:57.cladding came under suspicion in the west London fire, skachlt mo has
:11:58. > :12:01.called the council to an immediate meeting to express residents'
:12:02. > :12:04.doubts. Because the flats are a lot of flats are very damp and the heat
:12:05. > :12:08.something not a very good system and it's quite cold, we were all pushing
:12:09. > :12:15.for our cladding to be done. And now? To make it warmer. And now, I
:12:16. > :12:20.want reassurances before I will go as rep to the come to say we will
:12:21. > :12:24.have it done. Seven years ago, this tower block fire in Southampton
:12:25. > :12:30.killed two firefighters. There was no connection with cladding, but it
:12:31. > :12:34.did bring changes. The blaze here led to a complete rethink about
:12:35. > :12:38.safety. And sprinklers were added not only here but to buildings
:12:39. > :12:42.across the city. Now in the wake of the Grenfell fire, the Government
:12:43. > :12:48.has ordered councils to look at all their buildings and not just the
:12:49. > :12:51.tower blocks. And not just old buildings either. This student
:12:52. > :12:56.accommodation in Nottingham was built only three years ago and came
:12:57. > :13:01.with cladding designed into it. But it will also be examined by experts
:13:02. > :13:04.just to make sure it is fire resistant. It's something they
:13:05. > :13:08.should look at but it shouldn't worry residents at all. We have fire
:13:09. > :13:13.alarms tests every week and had another one today. So we keep
:13:14. > :13:17.checking it. Wherever you go, public sector buildings are being checked.
:13:18. > :13:23.Here at Hull's Royal Infirmary NHS officials have been trying to
:13:24. > :13:27.reassure local people. Saying that cladding on the building is safe.
:13:28. > :13:32.From Cornwall to Lincolnshire, meetings are being held and nerves
:13:33. > :13:36.steadied. Tower blocks and other buildings once only talked about in
:13:37. > :13:40.terms of their aesthetics and quality, are now places for
:13:41. > :13:42.discussions about safety and protection. Duncan Kennedy, BBC
:13:43. > :13:47.News, Southampton. An investigation has begun into how
:13:48. > :13:49.a US Navy Destroyer, one of the most sophisticated
:13:50. > :13:53.warships in the world, was involved in a collision with
:13:54. > :13:56.a vast container ship off Japan. Seven crew members are still missing
:13:57. > :13:58.after the USS Fitzgerald, which has now arrived back at port,
:13:59. > :14:02.was hit by the Philippine vessel The ship's commanding
:14:03. > :14:05.officer has been taken The husband of Jo Cox -
:14:06. > :14:10.the MP who was murdered last year - has said his wife would be
:14:11. > :14:12.incredibly humbled by events held Brendan Cox, who helped organise
:14:13. > :14:17."The Great Get Together", said it showed the country
:14:18. > :14:19.was crying out for a sense The entertainer Bill Cosby has
:14:20. > :14:27.walked free from a court in the United States after a judge
:14:28. > :14:30.declared a mistrial in his The jury were unable
:14:31. > :14:33.to reach a decision on whether the 79-year-old
:14:34. > :14:42.was guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting
:14:43. > :14:44.a woman 13 years ago. After so many accused him of being
:14:45. > :14:50.a calculated sexual predator, Bill Cosby is free now to go
:14:51. > :14:52.home from court. The jury didn't acquit him,
:14:53. > :14:54.but they could not unanimously We came here looking
:14:55. > :14:58.for an acquittal, but like that Rolling Stones song says,
:14:59. > :15:01.you don't always get what you want - God bless you all,
:15:02. > :15:05.and happy Father's Day. The mistrial was celebrated like
:15:06. > :15:11.a victory by Cosby's supporters. What do you say to those
:15:12. > :15:19.people who say, well, 60 women came forward
:15:20. > :15:22.and accused him of assault. Back in his heyday,
:15:23. > :15:30.Bill Cosby was the most prominent African-American,
:15:31. > :15:31.the highest-paid actor, But dozens of women came
:15:32. > :15:40.forward saying he drugged Most cases couldn't go
:15:41. > :15:45.to trial it was so long One case was heard in court, though,
:15:46. > :15:53.brought by Andrea Constand, a former university employee
:15:54. > :15:55.who claims that in 2004 Bill Cosby didn't take
:15:56. > :16:03.the stand during his trial. Instead, his defence
:16:04. > :16:06.team tried to undermine Women's rights lawyers have
:16:07. > :16:11.been appalled but say If the court allows more accusers
:16:12. > :16:16.to testify next time, In other words, it's too early
:16:17. > :16:26.to celebrate, Mr Cosby. Round two may be just
:16:27. > :16:30.around the corner. For now, Bill Cosby walks free,
:16:31. > :16:35.but there is the prospect that he is going to be retried,
:16:36. > :16:39.and there is no question that in spite of this result,
:16:40. > :16:41.his reputation as something of an American father figure
:16:42. > :16:52.has now been tarnished. You can see more on all of today's
:16:53. > :16:56.stories on the BBC News Channel. That's all from me
:16:57. > :16:58.and the team here.